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It’s April 1st, Fools, In Blogcritics

Look at the calendar, we have:

Weekly BlogScan: April Fools
Posted by DrPat on 2005.04.01, 21:25:08
Traditionally, April Fools jokes are played before noon. But for bloggers still in their jammies, the clock keeps running…
Filed under: Culture, Books: Entertainment, Books: Humor, Culture/Tech: Hobbies, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

RuPaul to pose in Playboy
Posted by Temple Stark on 2005.04.01, 19:21:44
RuPaul has a new album, “Untucked” so what’s a natural woman to do?
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Airwick goes green to reduce cow odor
Posted by Temple Stark on 2005.04.01, 17:57:18
(AFD) — Airwick plans to cover Daisy at both ends, with the introduction of the Airwick Posteri Air. Marketed…
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Dan Rather Agrees to Write Weekly Column for Online News Organization.Posted by copygodd on 2005.04.01, 17:45:58
It didn’t take long for disgraced anchorman Dan Rather to get back in the news game, announcing today he has…
Filed under: Video, Books: Biography, Books: History, Books: Magazines, Books: News, Books: Nonfiction, Books: Politics and Affairs, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Culture/Tech: Media, Politics: U.S.

Martial Arts Fans Dream Come True
Posted by Chris Beaumont on 2005.04.01, 17:36:28
It is being reported that martial arts superstars Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Donnie Yen are going to team up…
Filed under: Video, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Video: Action, Video: Adventure, Video: Art House, Video: Drama, Video: Fantasy, Video: Foreign Language

Alice in Chains to go on Tour
Posted by Chris Beaumont on 2005.04.01, 17:35:39
Jerry Cantrell is organizing a new summer tour for the remaining members of Alice in Chains. Just over a month…
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Music: Alternative Rock, Music: Hard Rock, Music: Metal, Music: Rock

Deep Throat Revealed
Posted by Pete Blackwell on 2005.04.01, 16:37:40
Washington insiders and armchair pundits alike were stunned today when Ben Bradlee announced the identity of Watergate leak Deep Throat.
Filed under: Politics, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Will the new Gladwell theory stick?
Posted by emdashes on 2005.04.01, 16:02:55
The whole world is tipping and blinking because of rockstar MG, and who am I to deny his powers?
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

The True ‘Spirit’ of the Care Bears
Posted by Dave Nalle on 2005.04.01, 15:56:21
The Care Bears seem innocent enough, but in reality they are part of a vast Voodoo Conspiracy.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Social Security money distributed
Posted by Businessorati on 2005.04.01, 15:48:00
After days of discussions, government finally decided to stop collecting Social Security and distribute balance funds equally amongst working and…
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Cheap 2G Mail Accounts
Posted by Georganna Hancock on 2005.04.01, 15:42:45 (3 comments so far)
Google announced today that it is doubling the capacity of the infamous Gmail accounts, still in beta testing phase.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Teenager Rejects Societal Obligations To Not Act Like A Baby
Posted by Crushkill on 2005.04.01, 14:57:01
Todd Fischer broke up with his girlfriend last Thursday. Correction: His girlfriend broke up with him.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Purpose-Driven Death by Rick Warren
Posted by Phillip Winn on 2005.04.01, 14:56:45 (0 comments so far)
It is Rick Warren’s purpose to share his wisdom with you, and it is your purpose to spend money on
Filed under: Books, Books: Spirituality, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

New Publisher Bites Off More Than it Can Chew
Posted by Fred Bortz on 2005.04.01, 13:58:53 (1 comments so far)
G&G Publishing is biting off more than it can chew. George Gutz and Grisslee Gore, describe their list as
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Gellar signs on for Buffy movie
Posted by LegendaryMonkey on 2005.04.01, 13:49:04 (0 comments so far)
In an interview with SN News, Whedon revealed that David Boreanaz will not be returning to the role of ‘Angel’
Filed under: Video, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Blogging declared illegal in States
Posted by Businessorati on 2005.04.01, 13:38:06 (1 comments so far)
BLOGGING TIMES: April 1st, 2005: Blogging was declared as an illegal activity in the United States and was banned…

Condiment lobby accelerates attacks
Posted by Temple Stark on 2005.04.01, 13:12:49
The Kraft Political Action Committee has increased it’s effort to highlight the outpouring of jobs to other countries.
Filed under: Politics, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Sony drops PSP support, litigation looms
Posted by Matt Paprocki on 2005.04.01, 12:44:00
Roughly once a week, Sony representatives visit the retailers who carry their products. They check on kiosks, update employees on…
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Condi Explains To Bush: “You Don’t Nominate Popes”
Posted by PoopyCaca on 2005.04.01, 12:00:50
WASHINGTON D.C. (PoopyCaca.com) – Walking on the White House lawn with Secretary of State Condaleeza Rice this morning, President Bush…
Filed under: Politics, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Politics: U.S.

U2’s Bono Facing Death
Posted by Duke De Mondo on 2005.04.01, 10:53:24
Fans and industry pundits mourn the news.
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

The Friday Morning Listen
Posted by Mark Saleski on 2005.04.01, 10:53:08
It IS a Wonderful World!
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Intelligence? In Praise of Ignorance
Posted by Mark Schannon on 2005.04.01, 10:47:10
Here’s a shocker. Intelligence on the weapons of infinite destruction in Iraq sucked. In fact, in today’s…
Filed under: Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Politics: U.S.

The Not-Quite-Saturday Funnies
Posted by Annie on 2005.04.01, 10:27:50
The comics page for April 2,05
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Stephen King Awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Posted by Aaman Lamba on 2005.04.01, 10:20:30
An overdue honor
Filed under: Books, Books: Horror, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Lenin’s Testicles Return To Politics
Posted by Duke De Mondo on 2005.04.01, 10:19:48
A truly arresting development.
Filed under: Politics, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Joni, Ani, Tori Form Supergroupi
Posted by Jon Sobel on 2005.04.01, 09:52:04
Tired of being slavishly imitated by legions of marginally talented singer-songwriters, music legends Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco and Tori Amos…
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Girls just want to have fun; scientific breakthrough
Posted by Temple Stark on 2005.04.01, 09:05:43
My editors at the Tri-Valley Dispatch newspaper have given me permission to reprint an article I wrote in January.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Cinematic Shocker: Horror Flicks Real
Posted by Eric Olsen on 2005.04.01, 08:15:48
Heretofore unknown top-secret government agency, code named “Hombres en Negro,” revealed today that all horror and sci-fi films are either…
Filed under: Video, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

ScreenCleaner Pro Makes Your Monitor Sparkle
Posted by Phillip Winn on 2005.04.01, 08:01:40
Ambrosia Software announced today a free product for Mac OS X called ScreenCleaner Pro.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Culture/Tech: Software

Quentin Tarantino + Comics = Magic!
Posted by Chris Beaumont on 2005.04.01, 07:30:43
I’m usually not the guy who does news reporting, I generally stick to things that aren’t usually time constrictive, like…
Filed under: Video, Video: SF, Video: News, Video: Adventure, Video: Action, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Books: Comics and Graphic Novels

Metallica Like You’ve Never Heard Before!
Posted by Chris Beaumont on 2005.04.01, 07:28:20
Metal fans rejoice! It appears that Dave Mustaine will be reuniting with his former band! Many of you younger metal fans…
Filed under: Music, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire, Music: Metal, Music: News

Stunning Confessions!
Posted by Shark on 2005.04.01, 06:26:19
Shortly after Terri Schiavo’s death on Thursday, her parents released a stunning statement to the press
Filed under: Politics, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

Here’s to Fools, Hurray!
Posted by mpho on 2005.04.01, 02:02:34
The Top April Fool’s Day’s Hoaxes of All Time and an invite to share your own.
Filed under: Culture, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

King: It Returns—Least-Quantitative Generational Linguistics
Posted by DrPat on 2005.04.01, 00:30:45
This post-Apocalyptic comedy of manners is Stephen King’s futuristic vision of life in a anti-Darwinian utopia.
Filed under: Books, Culture/Tech: Humor and Satire

About Eric Olsen

Career media professional and serial entrepreneur Eric Olsen flung himself into the paranormal world in 2012, creating the America's Most Haunted brand and co-authoring the award-winning America's Most Haunted book, published by Berkley/Penguin in Sept, 2014. Olsen is co-host of the nationally syndicated broadcast and Internet radio talk show After Hours AM; his entertaining and informative America's Most Haunted website and social media outlets are must-reads: Twitter@amhaunted, Facebook.com/amhaunted, Pinterest America's Most Haunted. Olsen is also guitarist/singer for popular and wildly eclectic Cleveland cover band The Props.

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